Bulgarian crooks pulled off £56m benefit fraud

Five Bulgarian fraudsters lived a life of fabulous luxury at taxpayer’s expense as they raked in £54 million in Britain’s biggest ever benefit. The Eastern European gang hijacked 6,000 identities to make claims for Universal Credit between October 2016 and May 2021. They set up three ‘benefit factories’ across London churning out bogus tenancy agreements, counterfeit payslips and forged letters from landlords, employers, and GPs to trick the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). Galina Nikolova, 38, Stoyan Stoyanov, 27,…